2. Agenda
• ‘What would you do?’ Activity
• Chaos and Order Activity
• Class Discussion
• Social and Political Philosophy
Lecture
• Homework and exit cards
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7. Do you believe that the police are
using excessive force to control the
riot, why or why not?
8. Do you believe the protestors are acting
too aggressively, why or why not?
9. “Human beings in a mob
What's a mob to a king?
What's a king to a god?
What's a god to a non-believer?
Who don't believe in anything?”
What does mean to you?
10. What is Social and Political
Philosophy?
• Social philosophy explores the relationships
between people and political institutions.
• It addresses government regulations that
affect society such as social welfare, labour
policies, and equal opportunity laws
11. • Political Philosophy explores the ideal
type of government and looks at where
the power resides.
• It explores the concepts of justice, rights,
and regulations.
12. Personal Political Philosophies
• Everyone has their own social and
political philosophies that have been
shaped by friends, family, culture, etc.
• A collection of social and political
philosophies make a…
13. Government
• Governments are created to make
decisions and enact laws about how
people live together
• They possess the authority to carry
out those decisions and to enforce
those laws
14. Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract
• Who gives governments the authority to
make decisions on behalf of the people?
• Thomas Hobbes answers this question by
stating that people without a government
will be in a state of constant chaos
15. • He states that people will group together out
of fear of violence to one’s self and engage in
a social contract with one another
• To engage in a social contract, one must
sacrifice some freedoms in exchange for
security with the other
• Hobbes believed this to be the fundamental
component to how governments were created
and seen as legitimate
16. Terms to remember
• Freedom
• Social and political philosophy
• Government
• Social Contract
Editor's Notes
Social Philosophy – Is education a human right. People in Quebec think so and have protested so much so that they have the lowest tuition rates for college and university.A political institution is something that gathers people for a common goal like a school or hospital.
Who holds the power, before the church held all power until the move to secularize the state
Imagine a group of people arguing about the best education policy, or health care plan and which ones they should use. What would you call them?
How do we decide whether a government is legitimate or not? Refer to music video for 2nd point
What would a social contract look like? What do you think I mean by legitimate?
